Berkeleyan wrote:Zak Starkey would fill in wonderfully for BONZO (RIP).Ringo's son is more of a "power drummer" than his dad; also Zak's style emulates RIngo's fave drummer: Keith Moon. LOts of fills and relentless style, with power !I think Zak would be ideal for the ZEP's !

I've never heard that before, Moonie was Ringo's favorite. Is that true?

Berkeleyan wrote:Zak Starkey would fill in wonderfully for BONZO (RIP).Ringo's son is more of a "power drummer" than his dad; also Zak's style emulates RIngo's fave drummer: Keith Moon. LOts of fills and relentless style, with power !I think Zak would be ideal for the ZEP's !

I've never heard that before, Moonie was Ringo's favorite. Is that true?

I've read in Moon's bio that he's a Godfather to one of Ringo's sons and was a constant visitor to Ringo's house in the 70's. Ringo admired him a lot as a drummer. I must've read somewhere (perhaps in Ringo's bio - up to the early 90's) that Moon was Ringo's fave guy to hit the skins and just ROCK things up !!

Ringo hates drum rolls, solos, anything fancy. He would change the sound of their music. Ringo also gets fatique easier than other drummers who are larger than him. It's a natural fact of physics. It has been said that the length of his arms has added to his style and a man with shorter arms drums does drum differently than a larger man. It effects the timing and strength.

Listen to any live version of "I wanna be your man" by the Beatles and tell me Ringo wasn't a great drummer. What an interesting sense of timing. He's no Bonham but his son Zak is no Keith Moon, but hes with the Who. People often overlook Ringo's tremendous talent as a percussionist.